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ICONIC ONLINE SHOP: European & Scandinavian Ceramics; Etc. Page Three

Unique & Massive 1950s Italian Pottery Shallow Bowl or Dish (Neapolitan) featuring a hand-painted decoration showing fisherwoman in Naples with their fishing boats in mid-distance and their nets drying in the foreground. In the distance is a plume of smoke coming from Vesuvius and little stylised yellow stars in the sky.

Endre Szasz died at the age of 77. He was known for his surrealist & symbolic style, as well as for his astounding technique. In 1959 he won the book illustrator's gold medal at the Leipzig Fair, and his etchings for Omar Khayyam's Ruba'iyat were included in the 1964 British Museum exhibition and catalogue -The Thirty Most Beautiful Books of the Twentieth Century.

After four years in Toronto, he moved to Los Angeles, where he stayed until the early 1980s. His paintings fetched high prices and he also befriended Salvador Dali, with whom he shared an agent. Szasz returned to Hungary in 1982 - and helped to found the arts studio of the Porcelain factory at Hollohaza.

The company started in 1942 in Torkildstranda in Drøbak near Oslo. It was lead by Tor Samuelsen. They produced beautiful stylised designs right up until 1967. Elle pieces are now starting to become highly collectable:

Very Cute Little German Ceramic Match Striker - Showing a Little Dutch Couple. There are little rough swatches on the back of each figure, and annotated around the base of the figurine at the back “Scratch Your Matches on our Patches”.

This cute little model is made of bisque porcelain and was made by the firm of Schafer and Vater -

This match striker is very collectable and in excellent condition with original swatches for striking your matches on - c 1910

Fabulous Stylish Design - just love those funky flowers and the big yellow knop on the lids!

This fine Bavarian porcelain set consists of a teapot or coffee pot, little milk jug and lidded sugar bowl.

Excellent Condition - would look good with simple white cups and saucers - sadly I only have the three pieces in this pattern:

SOLD

Pair of Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Italian Sgraffito Ceramic Dishes. With “Italy” embossed on the back of each dish.

One dish features the image of a stylised horse and the other of a bull.

Both in Excellent Condition:

ON ETSY

Sweet Little Pair of Collectable French terracotta figures - in the form a fisherman and fisherwoman. They are Ceramique D’Art - made in the L’Isle-Adam region (as marked). These charming souvenir figures were made as seaside souvenirs between 1890 and 1940. Both in Excellent Condition.

Quirky Sunshine Yellow American Twinspout Tea Master Teapot. This pot has two interior compartments and spouts to allow you to brew and serve two different teas.

Measures 9 inches from spout to spout and it is 7 ¼ inches in height.

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Pair of Swedish Rorstrand Stoneware Bamboo Vases.

Designed by Olle Alberius in the 1960s

Each vase is footed and displays a mottled, yellow/brown glaze with darker brown areas around the bands and the rim. The taller vase is 6 ½ inches in height: £55 and the smaller one is just over 4 ½ inches in height: £50

This is certainly a quirky little jug which takes the form of a Chinese man or woman carrying a big white goose.

The spout takes the form of the birds beak and the handle is made of the long black pleated pig-tail. The figure wears a lovely orange Mandarin robe which is edged with yellow at the bottom.

This little jug is certainly a special little novelty piece dating from the early 20th century - it was made by the German factory - Schafer & Vater, who are famed for these speciality creamers.

The pottery has a lightly textured finish with glazed decorations of stylised rearing and prancing horses. The base is decorated with deeply incised sgraffito lines. The jug is a large one - perfect for serving Pimms or Lemoncello cocktails on the patio. The jug is 11 1/2 inches high. Come with the six beakers - each one is 5 1/2 inches in height & slim to fit comfortably in your hand.